{"podcast":{"title":"Spurs Insider","slug":"spurs-insider-659493","podcast_index_feed_id":659493,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SFO6490873587","website_url":"http://www.expressnews.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a9223dd4-9d3b-11ed-8335-7384ba1b59f6/image/cc346728cfee07c31671017c96dbd3c4.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"San Antonio Express-News","episode_count":230,"summary":"Hosted by sports columnist Mike Finger, Spurs Insider gives you behind-the-scenes access to San Antonio’s favorite team. Count on Spurs writers Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn to keep the analysis lively and on point.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:17:34.964831+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493"},"episode":{"title":"Beating expectations and the Thunder | Spurs Insider","slug":"beating-expectations-and-the-thunder-spurs-insider","published_at":"2026-01-14T01:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493/beating-expectations-and-the-thunder-spurs-insider","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493","url":"https://www.expressnews.com/interactives/podcasts/spurs-insider/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/SFO5784270147.mp3","summary":"Columnist Mike Finger and beat reporters Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn discuss if the Spurs can knock off the Thunder again and how expectations have changed for the team already this season. Suggested reading: Can Wembanyama stay healthy enough to win Defensive Player of the Year? Can the Spurs make it four in a row over the vaunted Thunder? Why there will be no more Sixth Man of the Year talk for Spurs' Wembanyama Will Spurs trade Jeremy Sochan? 'It’s impossible not to think about' 3 Takeaways as Spurs fall in Wembanyama's starting return Catch us everywhere: More episodes: https://www.expressnews.com/interacti... Spurs Nation Newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newslette... Finger on BlueSky : @mikefinger.bsky.social Become a subscriber: https://exne.ws/sub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Columnist Mike Finger and beat reporters Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn discuss if the Spurs can knock off the Thunder again and how expectations have chan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2608,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spurs-insider-659493/episodes/beating-expectations-and-the-thunder-spurs-insider/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493/beating-expectations-and-the-thunder-spurs-insider.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}